The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 30, 1925, Page 2

omen il Page Two a oa | THE DAILY: ‘WORKER MINE BLAST IN MEXICO KILLS SCORES Calls Attention to Miser-| able Wages MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.—Hundreds of wives and children of miners bur- ied in a gas explosion of the Palau mine in the state of Coahuila sur- round the shaft from which 52 dead! and many injured have already been taken. The authorities are unable} to drive the crowds away from the} pit mouth where all the machinery is| buried under piles of wreckage. The miserable wages paid the min- ers under the so-called “labor” gov- ernment of Calles, now stands out as a feature of the disaster. Scores of families are destitute and have to depend on the charity of others or the unlikely aid of the government for avoiding starvation. The governor of the state says that a national re- lief contribution will be needed to take care of the survivors and the bereaved to prevent suffering and death. ia The mine, which ts owned by the national railways and thus is legal- ly responsible for the damages, may| be—if the government, which claims} tts own labor laws, he compelled to/ pay great damages to relatives of the dead. Van Sweringens Ask for Merger Permission WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The Van Sweringen brothers, of Cleveland, for- mally asked the interstate commerce commission to permit them to unify the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley, Erie and Pere Marquette railroads by leave and stock ownership. FOURTEEN WORKERS DIE OF EXPOSURE DURING CHICAGO'S ZERO WEATHER Fourteen deaths were recorded in Why Does Nicaraguan Vice-President Have to Talk to Kellogg? WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 (FP)- Because he is not ready to stand up against a wall in Nicaragua to be shot for “disloyalty” to the military boss, Chamorro, who recently overthrew the legally elected government, Vice-Pres- |ident Sacasa of that unfortunate re- public is in Washington, refusing to obey a summons from Chamorro that he return immediately. | Secretary of State Kellogg has agreed to talk with Sacasa, but he an- nounces beforehand that he has no reason for thinking that the Cham- orro rule of Nicaragua has technically | stayed within the constitution of Nicaragua, by simply forcing the pres- ident, Salorzano, to dismiss all the men who were beaten in the election. REPORT TURKEY WILL NOT MAKE WAR FOR MOSUL Indian Moslems Will Support Turkey LONDON, Dec. 28.—Reports from Turkey say that the Turkish cabinet and general staff have decided against declaring war upon Britain to retain the Mosul oil region taken from Tur- key by the league of nations and giv- en to Irak, the puppet kingdom of Great Britain, The British cabinet is disturbed over the decision at Cawnpore, India, of the annual caliphate conference to give Indian Moslem support to the Turks if they were driven to war with England as the result of the league of nations’ award on the Mosul dis- pute, as the award was in conflict with the Lausanne treaty. Indians are asked not to aid the British with men or money if war comes. It fs reported, tho with what basis is unknown, that Tewfik Bey, the Turkish foreign minister, has tried to get from Jugo-Slavia, an agreement for support, but failed in the attempt. Chicago's first zero weather of the winter, and two deaths were report- ed in Detroit. Hundreds of fires, caused mainly by overheating, kept the fire depart- ments In many cities working fever- ishly. Chicago’s loss so far from blazes Is estimated at $1,000,000, while big fires have been reported PR Terre Haute, Ind.; Willlston, a points, With the mercury at 20 above and four inches of snow, San Antonio ex- perlenced the coldest temperatures since 1918, Butte, Mont. and other * ATTEND— The Daily Worker Anniversary Concert Sunday, January 10 at the YORKVILLE CASINO, 86th St. and Third Ave. Freiheit Singing Society Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Etc. TICKETS at the door 50c, in advance TWO for 50c On Sale at Dally Worker N. Y. Agency, Church Official and Real Estate Firm Head Arrested for Forgery ELGIN, IL, Dec. 28.—Losses_ that may reach $1,000,000 have been found in a preliminary check-up of books be- longing to the Charles Rittberger Co, real estate banking firm, it became known here with the appointment of C. F, O’Hara, bank president, as re- ceiver. The losses, which represent the savings of five hundred Kane county and Elgin families, may affect investors in North and South Dakota, where thousands of dollars have been tied up in farm.mortgages, Elgin bank- ers said. Walter C. Rittberger, church official, president of the company, was jailed following the preliminary check-up on charges of forgery. Notes totaling $3,000 were found signed by a garage man, who is said to have sold them, Denial of such a sale resulted in Ritt- berger’s arrest. He is held in default of $10,000 bonds pending a grand jury investigation, Small Fry Gamblers to Lose $3,000,000 BOSTON, Dec. 27—The 3,500 credit- ors of the defunct C. P. Dow and Co, brokers, face a loss of nearly $3,000,- 000, according to a financial statement of the concern filed at the federal building by Charles P. Dow and Guy B. Howe, partners in the firm. Liabil- ities were listed as $3,856,000 and as- sets $1,100,000 secured creditors, to be paid in full, will receive $400,000 leaving $700,000 for the unsecured creditors. Fire Threatens the Heart of Dublin DUBLIN, Dec. 28. — The heart of Dublin was threatened with destruc- tion by fire when conflagrations broke out simultaneously in the’ building of @ film distributing corporation and in a large hotel. Fifty thousand dollars worth of films were destroyed. Frank Munsey’s Estate Valued at $40,000,000 NEW YORK, Dec. 28—The estate of the late Frank A. Munsey was $40,000,000 ‘dollars, according to an estimate made by an intimate friend of Mr, Munsey. Bull Fights in Florida TAMPA, Fla., Dec, 28—Bull figths will soon be all the rage in this state. On January 1, the first regular bull fight “a la American” will be staged at a specially constructed arena at 108 East 14th Street, New York City. Ybor City, Spanish district of Tampa, and regularly thereafter. This was the announcement of promoters back- ing the new sport here today. POLISH POLICE TRY TO DESTROY LABOR UNIONS Use Fiendish Tortures on Militants (Continued from page 1) these statements, witness my signa- ture. (Signed) “R, Kantchug.” ss * Document No, 10—E.Balya, (female) -17 years old, umbrella maker, resid- ing at No. 6, Penkina St. “I was arested on Aug. 28, and was examined from 1 to 4 p. m., on the next day. During the examination, My hands were then bound %eneath my knees, and an iron bar placed be- tween them and my elbows. In this condition I was turned upside down, my bare toes being beaten with iron bars, and water at the same time be- ing poured into my nose. On my at- tempting to shout, I was gagged with my own stockings. This continued for half an hour, after which I fainted away. I was brot too by my being beaten about the head with a wooden bar. In confirmation of the truth of thees statements, witness my signa- ture. (Signed) “E. Balya,” s+ © DOCUMENT No, 11.—“I, the under signed M. Edelstein, 16 years of age, a salesgirl, residing at No, 28 Zamen- hoff St., do make the following declar- ation: “I was arrested on August 28, 1925, and was brought up for examination the same day. The inquiry lasted from midnight till 5 a. m., during this time my hands were handcuffed between my knees. I was then turned upside down and my bared toes were beaten with iron bars and knotted whips. My arms were placed in an iron vise for a considerable period of time. (Signed) “M. Edelstein.” se © Use Revolver Butt. DOCUMENT No. 12,—Sh. Sandler, 16 years of age, shop assistant, resid- ing at No. 34 Mazonatsky street. “I was arrested on August 28 and was brought up for inquiry, which lasted five hours on August 30. Dur- ing the examination I was repeatedly and continually kicked and smacked in the face. I was then pulled by my hair, at the same time being dragged down by my ears. After a time, 1 was forced into a bath, my hands be- ing tied below the knees, and then they commenced to beat my bare soles with an iron bar. Water was severa! time forced into my nose, and thir process continued until I lost con sciousness. After coming to, water was once more poured into my nose and they commenced to hit me on the back with a wooden board. I was gagged with my stockings, and at the end of the inquiry I was repeatedly hii about the head with the butt of a re- volver. In confirmation of the truth of the above statements, witness my signature. (Signed) “Sh, Sandler.” see DOCUMENT 13,—Z. Kamenovitch, 18 years old, tailor, residing at No. 3 Grodenskava street. “I was arrested August 27 and ex- amined between the hours of 1 to 3 Pp. m,, on August 28. During the in- quiry. my fingers were placed in finger and thumb screws, and I received blows on the back of my head. Apart from this I was beaten with an iron bar. In confirmation of the truth of the above statements, witness my sig- nature. (Signed) “Z, Kamenoviteh.” Boston on Poison Liquor Spree. BOSTON, Dec. 28, Christmas drinking of poison liquor put 37 per- sons in Boston hospitals. Boston po- lice arrested 323 persons for drunk- enness inside of twenty-four hours, MORE OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS TO ITALY’S DEBT THAN TO COURT WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec, 28— Representative Madden, chairman of the committee on appropriations, after visiting Coolidge, says that he thot that $75,000 wou! expense of thi agenda of the “disarmament” con- rence to be held at Geneva, and that congress would pass the ap- propriation. The big fight looming up in con- gress is the Italian debt settlement of $2,000,000,000 for a mere frac- tion of its total. In fact the Ital- jan debt settlement unloads the ma- jor part of it onto American tax- payers and this is stirring up the hornets of the petty bourgeoisie, Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia announces that he will op- pose it and demand information as to how it happened. Far greater opposition is coming on that ques- tion than upon the supposedly larger matter of joining the league of nations’ world court. A my arms were placed in an izen vise} Interstate Cothmerce Commission} Packed by Cal for Wall Street WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Presi- dent Coolidge has scored another vic- tory in his game of stacking the most powerful agencies of the federal gov- ernment with friends of big business. Commissioner McChord of the inter- state commerce commission has sud- denly resigned, and in his place the White House has named an Under- wood henchman from Aalbama, named Taylor, Underwood, thru family and other ties, is closely in touch with the Replogle steel and coal interests in Birmingham, and his type of demo- cart when placed gn_tne rate-making tribunal of the g@vernment can be counted upon to afyance the profits of non-union coal, ig. the southern fields by juggling ,of,railroad rates. JAPANESE: ARMY INVADED CHINA TO AID CHANG Feng at Tientsin in Be- tween Foes vomeye, (Continued from page 1) ital, is endangered, Nor has Japan ever shown the glightest hesitancy in violating any and all agreements or treaties to secure a military ad- vantage, thought of course she has no monopoly in this, The fact that Japan also had some negotiations with the foe of Chang Tso-lin, Kuo Sung-lin, does not prove that Japan was not sending heavy reinforcements to. Chang and having them used as Chinese soldiers fight- ing in uniforms of Chang’s troops, but much more effectively because Japanese troops are far better disci- plined and equipped. Japan, like all imperialists, never puts all eggs in one basket if she can avoid it. She entered into negotiations with Kuo enough to be with him if he won but to be not obligated or involved if he lost. ted Feng Yu-hsiang, whose troops of the nationalist people’s army have taken Tientsin, now faces a danger- ous situation, which can only be post- poned in conseque! until all forces now exhausted wi muggle and the bitter weather, Have recuperated. Observers say this will be for sever- al months, but sudden movements may also play a decisive part against an unwary enemy, Feng faces the |new danger of Chang Tso-lin’s back, the Shan- tung province which is hostile to the ‘outh, and the crafty Wu Pei-fu in the southwest wha hag been consolidat- ng his forces, WE But the whole of China today is ‘aging at Japan fof its supposed aid to Chang Tso-lin,*‘China’s outstand- ing traitor to his own race. Publicity Agent of Morones, the Mexican Gompers; Wins a Hit MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28. — Another suspected canard to make the “Gom- pers of Mexico”—Liuis N. Morones, now labor minister in the cabinet of Calles, a martyr of the “extremists,” is seen in the scare heads in the Mexi- can papers telling of a mysterious “plot” to assassinate Morones. As usual, the “Russian Reds” are “hbe- lieved to be behind it.” 3 Workers Injured in Ship Explosion BOSTON, Dec, 28.—Three workers were injured when an acetylene gas torch aboard the battleship Florida exploded with a roar that rocked the Charleston Navy Yard. Debris fell on the other workers in the yards. Jacob Olsen, a rigger, Roy Eaton, a ship fitter and and.Everett Manty, a driller were the workers injured. The fire which cau the explosion started in the woodwork used in re- conditioning the lorida. BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 28. — The steamer Asparia. Stavroudi left Buenos Aires for Odessa with a car- go of hides valued at 800,000 pesos, Back Old Job. C., Dec. 28, — + Butler, deposed director of public safety of Philadel- phia, withdrew his resignation from the marine corps, The withdrawal immediately was accepted by Maj. Gen. John A, Leje- une, commandant of the marines, with whom Butler had a long confer- ence. Butler will go to California to head the marine corps post at San Diego. $1,000.000 Fire RICHMOND, Va., Dec, 28.—Conserv- ative estimates placed the damage from a fire which swept the business district at South Boston, Va. at $ 000,000, CHICAGO FOR THET.ULE BALL AT ALAN HAL live and rebuked by housewives in his Christmas dinner, Frank Huntzin- ger, of Vandalia, IIl., sought refuge in a police station, beaten and dis- heartened. culosis and is penni cians declare his ca: his life limited to a dozen weeks. BOSTON, Dec. 27—Fifteen firemen were overcome during a four alarm $65,000 fire which threatened to wipe out Boston’s market fire swept the six-story block where it originated. Try to’ Resurrect the Memory of Wilson on ‘Birthday Anniversary By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. BE Ascend American worshippers of the league of nations join in celebration of the birthday of the late Woodrow Wilson. The occasion is seized upon as an opportunity to spread more propaganda for the entry of the United States into the league. The New York Times labels 1925 “A Wilson Year,” and tries to divide the world “as between Lenin’ ahd Wilson.” The Times declares: “Basic to the Wilson idea was an ultimate faith in the social order which had been so sorely tried by the war.” This means that Wilson believed no social order could be imagined superior to the capitalist social order that spawned the world war; an idea, of course, that comes in direct con- flict with the teachings of Marx and Lenin, who point out that capitalism within itself carries the seeds of its own destruction; that it must make way for jthe higher social order—Communism. i * * es e i Wilson carried out his “faith” in capitalism, that was to “niake the world safe for democracy,” by jailing anyone in the United States opposing the war and suppressing news- papers and all other literature telling the'truth about the war. He carried his 14 points to Paris and helped frame the Ver- sailles peace and launch capitalism's black international, the league of nations. Wilson's friends now claim that the coun- cil of the league, the international court of justice, the Lo- carno agreement, and the agent general of the Dawes plan all “operate, in essence, along Wilson lines.” All this to the glory of the House of Morgan; entrench- ing the power of American finance capital, at home, and abroad. Wilson feared the teachings of Lenin. His attorney gen- eral, J. Mitchell Palmer, launched the raids against the Com- munists in January, 1920. During the Wilson regime the United States made open war on Soviet Russia, in spite of the fact that no war was actually declared. American gold was hurried to the aid of every capitalist state in western Europe, crumbling under the assaults of revolutionary labor. Wilson's Herbert Hoover, getting his inspiration from Wall Street as well as Washington, launched his successful attack against the Hungarian Soviet Republic. But the power of the Union of Soviet Republics has held against Wilson's capitalist world, and within the capitalist nations of Western Europe, that Wilson's Wall Street gov- ernment temporarily saved from triumphant revolution, there have sprung up powerful Communist parties directing the continuance of the struggle. * * e e The world war and all the events during the seven years since have proved correct the teachings of Marx and Lenin. Wilson's league of war is inciting a new conflict between Turkey and England; it has solidified oppressed peoples across the world’s two greatest continents, from Morocco, in North Africa, to China in the Far East, against European im- perialism. Germany amg under the Dawes plan, which the best ‘authorities claim impossible of fulfillment, while the Oeuvre, of Paris, publishes an article on Wilson's birth- day showing Wall Street with its whiphand over capitalist Europe, while “Forty-five per cent of the world’s gold sleeps in New York cellars,” e ° e e “If there is peace in Western Europe there is no hope for the Communist ideal in Western Europe,” says the New York Times. But almost every day the same New York Times reports vital clashes of conflicting capitalist interests in:this small patch of the world’s land surface. And even the Times can- not blind itself to developments in the rest of the world. European capitalism, confronted on the one hand by the Soviet Union, and on the other by aroused colonial and sub- ject peoples, while facing discontent at home, is a doomed European capitalism. It will be buried with the memory of Woodrow Wilson. Lenin's teachings live and grow in power eo greater efforts for the victory of the new social order, annem ee nn nn EE HAS THREE MONTHS TO U.S. World’s Greatest Empire, Says Mexican (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 28, —(FP)—The United States is the greatest of the five empires now dominating the earth; Sendr Jose Miguel Bejanaro, commissioner of agriculture and co- lonization for Mexico, told the pan- American commercial congress. Be- janaro said the Monroe Doctrine “morally excluded the United States from the old world” while insisting that European nations keep off Am- erican continents and islands. With the United States entering world markets, extending its spheres of in- fluence beyond the western world, the Monroe Doctrine is likely to be in- voked against the United States, Be- janaro sees, The Mexican’s frankness on U. 8. imperialism did not sound well in the ears of the commercial delegates. LIVE; FAILS TO BEG _ DINNER; GOES TO JAIL Promised only three months to back-door conquests for a Huntzinger has tuber- and physi- jopeless and Fire Boston Market District, district, The Ready Now! The Fourth National Convention Theses---Resolutions Declarations--- Report of the Central Exetutive Committee to the Convention held in Chicago, Mlinois, August 21 to 30, 1925 643 N. CLARK ST. aud LONDON TRADES: BODY CONDEMNS COMMUNIST CASE Calls for National Pro- test Conference ° (Special to The Dally Worker? LONDON, Dec, 28,—The executive committee of the London trades coun- cil, representing 120,000 workers, at its meeting passed the following reso: lution condemning the recent jailing of twelve Communists under the mu- tiny act of 1797 and calling upon the labor. party and the genera] trades union council to call a meeting of all workers’ organizations to protest against this governmentat act and de- mand the repeal of the anti-working class legislation: Protest Jailing of Active Workers. “This meeting of the executive com- mittee of the London trades council representing 120,000 organized work- ers affiliated to this organfzation, most vehemently protest against the recent exhibition of capitalist class justice. by the wanton imprisonment of twelve members of the Communist Party who are active fighters in the working class movement. “We formally declare that it is our opinion that a grave injustice has been iflicted upon these men, and we urge that the national labor party, the parliamentary labor party and the general council of the trades union congress immediately convene an all- international representative confer- ence of all bonafide workers’ organ- izations, for the purpose of resisting in the most strenuous manner the ac- tions and threats of this most reac- tionary tory government. “This national conference should be considered of the utmost urgency and all affiliated organizations of the Lon- don trades council are urged to use their endeavors to secure the con- ference being held, and thus create the necessary machinery for securing the release of these comrades and the immediate repeal of such anti- working class legislation as the mu- tiny act of 1797, under which those workers have been imprisoned.” Order Is Restored : ° * in Tientsin by Feng TSIENTSIN, Dec. 28.—Despite the aid given Gen. Li Ching-Ling, lackey of the Manchurian war-lord Chang Tso-Lin by the Japanese and British officers and troops, the forces of Feng Yu-Hsiang, the leader of the national- ist, have taken the city and order has been restored. The forces of Gen. Li on retreating from the Chinese quarter pillaged, robbed and terrorized the natives and then tried to hide themselves in the international section, Feng has appointed Gen. Sun Yueh civil governor of Chihli in place of the Manchurian war-lord’s lackey. Rail communication between Pe king and Tientsin have been restor- ed as one of the first acts of Feng’s army was to restore the lines of com- munication. ° see “Canton Protests Allied Ald. Canton, Dec. 28—The diplomatic committee at Canton has sent a resol- ution of protest to all the powers that signed the protocol of 1901, with the exception of Russia, protesting against — the invasion of Manchuria by Japan and exposing the use of Japanese troops to aid Chang Tso-Lin to defeat General Kuo and also against the aid that British and Japanese officers and soldiers gave the troops of General Li in constructing trenches and military outposts to resist the attack of Feng’s forces altho enjoying extraterritorial rights. Chicagoan Asks That New Postoffice Be Built in Union Park WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 28,— Despite the recommendations of Mayor Dever's special postoffice com- mitee urging location of the proposed new Chicago postoffice on the two block site between the Chicago and Northwestern railroad terminal and the new Union station, Representative Stanley Kunz introduced a bill in con- gress authorizing a $12,000,000 strue- ture and declared he would press for selection of a site near Union park, on the west side, Admission 75 con, i 3, Includi Wardrobe. i '